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And Finally, the Best of the New Fall Cable Show Trailers

While the four biggie networks were revealing their fall lineups this week, cable channels were tossing out intriguing offers of their own for the 2014-15 year. What I love about cable shows is they often shrug off the safe vibe and go quirky, ballsy, or just plain crazy—and these trailers, for the shows that really caught our eye, promise a little of each.

The CW (*not technically a cable network, but we're wrapping it in here because it has fewer scripted shows than the big networks)

Good news for you classic-CW superhero show fans: The Flash is ready for his close-up.

Annnnd good news for you classic-CW frisky drama fans: Jane the Virgin rounds out that component nicely. This one feels like Popular to me—distinctly nutty.

E!

You know when you're watching Ryan Seacrest and you're like, I love him, but I wish that instead I was watching Elizabeth Hurley let her hair down on a scripted drama about aristocrats? Enter The Royals.

USA

Rush debuts in the summer, but I'm including it because I applaud this career twist on the procedural—Tom Ellis plays a guy who "fixes" the embarrassing medical problems of the rich and famous. I'll bite.

Complications, meanwhile, I find really intriguing. It's about a marriage in crisis, and also comes out this summer.

Bravo

Game of Crowns isn't just a franchise based on a play on words—it's a look into the world of adult beauty queens. Toddlers and Tiaras, minus the toddlers. Click here to watch the trailer.

Bravo didn't have sneak peeks available yet for two scripted shows it's launching, Odd Mom Left Out and Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce. I'm betting the latter, starring Lisa Edelstein, will be cute.

TBS

Time for the latest round of "aw, it's cute though" TBS comedies. First up is Your Family or Mine, about a couple caught between their respective clans. (Kyle Howard!)